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a fall of seventy feet, joins the Somergill. The 

 Lake Llanillyn is in this neighbourhood. An excel- 

 lent fishing station. 



KENNARTH, two miles and a half from Rhaider, 

 on the Merthyd brook, which joins the Wye in the 

 vicinity. Near Discoed is a stream called the Best 

 brook. 



LLANBEDR PANISCASTLE, on the little river 

 Bachwy, which falls into the Wye. Boughlyn pool, 

 containing trout and eels, is in this parish. 



LLANDEILO GRABAN, five miles from Builth, 

 on the banks of the Wye. The Bachwy here forms 

 a beautiful cascade, round which is some beau- 

 tiful scenery. From the loftier hills, also, the pro- 

 spects are extensive and magnificent. On the 

 side next Brecknockshire, nearly the whole of the 

 mountains of that county are conspicuous in one 

 grand continuous chain, extending more than thirty 

 miles. An excellent spot for angling lodgings may 

 easily be obtained at any farmhouse within the parish. 



LLANDEWI YSTRADENNY, four miles from Pen y 

 Bout, on the Ithon. The scenery js magnificent. 

 Good angling. 



BUILTH*, fifteen miles from Brecknock, roman- 



* In the spring of 1825, the channel of the Wye and the 

 Irvon, in the neighbourhood of this town, became almost dry. 

 In both rivers, the mortality of salmon, trout, grayling, and 

 other fish, was most distressing, owing to the unusual heat and 

 consequent drought. The ardent temperature of the water 

 had driven the fish in shoals to the points at which the colder 

 rills are poured into the rivers ; and where these were not to 

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